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Harassing migrants by the far right

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Whitewavemark2 Sat 29-Aug-20 06:51:55

Video footage has emerged of members of a far right group entering a place of safety and refuge for migrants and showing them knocking on doors saying that as tax payers they have every right to question these people.

It sent shivers down my spine as it seemed to echo the behaviour in 1930s Germany.

Pantglas2 Sat 29-Aug-20 07:13:07

Where can I see this Whitewavemark2? Disgraceful- are the police aware?

growstuff Sat 29-Aug-20 07:28:30

Pantglas2

Where can I see this Whitewavemark2? Disgraceful- are the police aware?

Yes, they are aware.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 29-Aug-20 07:49:29

I saw the footage on twitter.

I didn’t know that the police have been made aware.

I hope these wretched people are stopped pdq

Whitewavemark2 Sat 29-Aug-20 07:50:15

What I found alarming is the badge that they wore. Do we know anything about this group of thugs?

growstuff Sat 29-Aug-20 07:52:43

Whitewavemark2

What I found alarming is the badge that they wore. Do we know anything about this group of thugs?

It's Britain First. The woman in the video is Ashlea Simon (aka Ashlea Robyn) who is the girlfriend of James Goddard (Google him). She was questioned by counter-terrorism police last year.

growstuff Sat 29-Aug-20 07:54:09

They've vowed that they'll "hunt down" every migrant housed in a hotel and have already been warned by police for similar actions in other hotels.

growstuff Sat 29-Aug-20 07:56:51

She encouraged Britain First members to join the Conservative Party last year to vote for the leader they wanted. Apparently, 5000 of them did.

MaizieD Sat 29-Aug-20 07:57:32

The government has been forced to put barriers, fences and other protective measures around hotels housing asylum seekers following a spate of raids by extremist groups.

Far-right activists have been filming and harassing migrants in hotels providing accommodation for the Home Office during the coronavirus pandemic.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/migrant-hotel-raids-asylum-seekers-protection-britain-first-far-right-a9694351.html

growstuff Sat 29-Aug-20 07:58:59

Sorry, it was before the election, not the leadership contest. They were "encouraged" by Johnson's hardline attitude towards Islam.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 29-Aug-20 08:03:18

Goddard is a charmer. Why do they all have that thuggish look about them?

Is it an illegal organisation? If not, it should be.

A huge war was fought to stop these sort of people. They don’t belong in the U.K.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 29-Aug-20 08:07:24

These people would undoubtedly identify with the White Supremicists.

One has just been jailed until he dies in NZ.

They are extremely dangerous and evil and should be stopped.

JuneRose Sat 29-Aug-20 08:12:48

It fills me with despair that these people with their hateful agenda are targeting asylum seekers who have lost through so much no fault of their own, before arriving in this country hoping for safety. I'd hate them to think this is representative of the British people. It's so shameful.

JuneRose Sat 29-Aug-20 08:16:59

The words got a bit mixed up but I hope it made sense!

Pantglas2 Sat 29-Aug-20 08:23:39

If the police don’t arrest and prosecutions aren’t forthcoming, they will think they’ve got free rein on this.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 29-Aug-20 08:23:48

JuneRose

The words got a bit mixed up but I hope it made sense!

Yes☺️

EllanVannin Sat 29-Aug-20 08:47:13

Shocking. I read this earlier as it happened in Daresbury ? Is this the one ?

biba70 Sat 29-Aug-20 10:14:16

Just dreadful and disgusting, inhumane. Yes, exactly what my mother witnessed in the early 30s in Germany- that is how it started.

EllanVannin Sat 29-Aug-20 10:27:42

Around 200 asylum-seekers are staying at the Daresbury Hotel. Home Office is funding them.
"Officers attended the premises and on arrival the group had left the site.No complaints were made by anyone present at the hotel ".

Where do people expect them to stay ??

To make matters worse, the group didn't wear face masks and weren't socially distanced.

trisher Sat 29-Aug-20 10:43:45

Just looked at their website and one of the hotels they targetted is in Newcastle. The staff are amazing, so calm and controlled. One consolation for me was that the commentary was not made by any Geordie the accent was southern. But this is instigating racial hatred. The website should be taken down immediately. I've reported the website to the police-https://www.met.police.uk/true-vision-report-hate-crime/

trisher Sat 29-Aug-20 10:44:18

link www.met.police.uk/true-vision-report-hate-crime/

Bixiboo Sat 29-Aug-20 11:03:05

Never heard of this group before but surely they must realise that migrants need to be housed somewhere. It’s a complicated issue and will definitely not go away. Racial hatred cannot be tolerated.

Callistemon Sat 29-Aug-20 11:23:34

He's the man who abused Anna Soubry, he is the one who called her a Nazi!

Oopsminty Sat 29-Aug-20 11:34:50

This footage made me so angry when I saw it this morning

Ignorant morons

What gives them the right to intimidate and harass?

I felt for the chap with his wife and children. He was being polite and it was just horrid to see these idiots demanding answers from him.

growstuff Sat 29-Aug-20 11:39:54

Bixiboo

Never heard of this group before but surely they must realise that migrants need to be housed somewhere. It’s a complicated issue and will definitely not go away. Racial hatred cannot be tolerated.

Britain First, the group behind the harrassment, was formed in 2011.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First

The police and anti-terrorism officials are well aware of them.